30.3341, Support: English; German; General Linguistics; Sociolinguistics: PhD, Maastricht University

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Subject: 30.3341, Support: English; German; General Linguistics; Sociolinguistics: PhD, Maastricht University

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Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:29:58
From: Yleen Simonis [yleen.simonis at maastrichtuniversity.nl]
Subject: English; German; General Linguistics; Sociolinguistics: PhD, Maastricht University, Netherlands

 Institution/Organization: Maastricht University 
Department: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences 
Web Address: https://tinyurl.com/yy46lg2j 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research
 
Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Sociolinguistics 
 
Required Language(s): English (eng)
                      German (deu) 

Description:

In this project, the focus will be on how coal miners’ languages and cultures
in the former mining region north of Aachen in Germany (Low German/German
speaking) and the Eastern Mine District with Heerlen as its centre in the
Netherlands (Dutch/dialect speaking) are taken up in new contexts with new
actors, how they are authenticated and legitimated during public events that
are considered unique for the region. These two neighbouring areas are
separated by a national border but share a common coal mining past and a
common linguistic past. The area is still a multilingual one:

Questions that will be addressed in this project are:
- How is the national border between Germany (Aachen district) and the
Netherlands (south-eastern Limburg) softened or hardened as a linguistic and
cultural border through revitalization practices of the linguistic and
cultural coalmining past in both areas?
- What language(s)/linguistic features are used in the revitalization
practices and how are they reproduced in mediatizations (songs, poetry,
linguistic landscapes and soundscapes, reminiscence practices, commodities,
spoken and written texts in mining museums, parodies, carnival practices
etc.)?
- Do these practices confirm old stereotypes or do they create new ones?

The researcher will be based at Maastricht University, Faculty of Arts and
Social Sciences, and undertake a 6-month secondment at the University of
Duisburg-Essen, Institute for German Studies.

https://limes.maastrichtuniversity.nl/application-procedure

To apply, please see the application link provided below.
 

Application Deadline: 30-Sep-2019 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Yleen  Simonis 
	
Web Address for Applications: https://limes.maastrichtuniversity.nl/vacancies/linguistic-and-cultural-borders-transparent-or-not-1-fte 

Contact Information: 
	Yleen  Simonis
	Dept:Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	Email:yleen.simonis at maastrichtuniversity.nl
	Phone:0031-43-3882666  


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